Improved performances and capabilities of the Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer (COMICS) for the Subaru Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4841, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 169-180

  Okamoto, Yoshiko K ^a   Kataza, Hirokazu ^b   Yamashita, Takuya ^c   Miyata, Takashi ^d   Sako, Shigeyuki ^d   Takubo, Shin Ya ^d,e   Honda, Mitsuhiko ^d   Onaka, Takashi ^d  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NIKON CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Camera; Ground based instrument; Mid Infrared; Spectrometer; Subaru Telescope

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TELESCOPES;

SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0038635850     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458957     Document Type: Conference Paper

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